Waukee man gets two years’ prison for third OWI conviction


Devan Lee Stillmunkes, 25, of Waukee was sentenced to two years in prison Friday after soliciting the second felony charge in May in connection with a September 2020 incident in which he passed out in his moving car in the middle OWI had pleaded guilty to the freeway and the police had to wake him to move the vehicle.




A Waukee man was sentenced to two years in prison in the Dallas County District Court on Friday after soliciting an OWI charge in May in connection with a September 2020 incident in which he passed out in his moving car The Autobahn had pleaded guilty to the second order, and law enforcement had to wake him to move the vehicle.

Devan Lee Stillmunkes, 25, of 1380 SE Florence Dr., Waukee, was arrested at around 2:30 am on September 18, 2020 at the 114-mile mark of US Interstate 80 where he was found “passed out behind the wheel”. his 2020 Toyota Corolla, which, according to court files, was “stuck in the driving area of ​​the road”.

According to court records, the sleeping Stillmunkes’ vehicle was “inserted and the driver’s foot on the brake” when the Dallas County deputy sheriffs arrived.

Stillmunkes became “verbally defiant”, “loudly proclaimed racist rhetoric”, and “continued to accuse officials of racism and sometimes ramble incoherently” during OWI investigations and arrests.

Stillmunkes was “verbally defiant and physically resisted the officers’ attempt to handcuff him. As he maneuvered Stillmunkes’ hands behind his back, he was
tried to take Snapchat photos with his cell phone, ”said the court records.

Originally charged with OWI’s third or subsequent offense, Stillmunkes pleaded guilty to the second offense in a settlement agreement with the Dallas County Attorney’s Office.

Stillmunkes was convicted of OWI in first offense by Johnson County District Court in 2018. He was convicted of OWI in first offense by Linn County District Court in 2018. He was convicted of public drunkenness in 2018 by Johnson County District Court. At the time of his 2020 arrest in Dallas County, he had non-extraditable arrest warrants for escaping OWI and circumventing arrest and detention from El Paso, Texas. He was convicted of public drunkenness by the Polk County District Court last month.

* A criminal charge is just an accusation and the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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